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HOUSE  OF    REPR^iSENTATIVES,   Dec.   7.    I8G-1.— Laid  oa 
the  table  and  ordered  to  be  printed. 

[By  the  Chair.] 


MESSAGE  OP  THE  PRESIDENT. 

Richmond,  Dec.  6,  1864. 

To  the  Iloue  of  Representatives  : 

In  response  to  your  resolution  of  the  23d  ultimo.  I  herewith  trans- 
mit and  invite  your  attention  to  a  communication  from  the  JSecrctary 
of  War,  relative  to  the  "  appointments  under  an  act  approved  June 
14,  1864,  providing  for  the  establishment  and  payment  of  claims  for 
a  certain  description  of  property  taken  or  informally  impressed  for 
the  use  of  the  army. 

JEFFERSON  DAVIS. 


COMMUNICATION  OF  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

War  Department,  C.  S.  A.,  ) 
Richmond,  Dec.  3,  1864.     $ 

To  the  President  of  the  Confedeiatc  States : 

Sir  :  I  have  received  the  follov/ing  resolution  of  the  House  of 
Representatives,  referred  by  your  Excellency  to  this  Department: 

^*  Resolved,  That  the  President  be  requested  to  inform  this  House 
how  many  persons  have  accepted  appointments  under  an  act  approved 
June  14,  1864,  providing  for  ihe  establishment  and  payment  of  claims 
for  a  certain  description  of  property  taken  or  informally  impressed 
for  the  use  of  the  army,  the  names  of  such  persons,  and  for  what 
districts  of  country  they  were  appointed." 

In  response,  1  have  the  honor  to  submit  a  report  from  the  Adjutant 
General,  containing  the  information  desired  by  the  House, 

I  may  add  that  diligent  effort  has  been  mado  by  the  Department  to 
secure  the  prompt  execution  of  this  law,  but,  from  the  inadequacy  of 
the  compensation  allowed,  great  difficulty  has  been  experienced  in 
obtaining  suitable  agents,  and  many  of  those  to  whom  appointments 
were  tendered  have  declined,  assigning  as  the  reason  the  insufficiency 
of  the  pay  provideil  to  meet  the  expenses  that  would  bo  necessarily 
incut  red  iu  the  discharge  of  the  duties  of  the  office.     In  the  report 


lately  submitted,  I  made  special  reference  to  this  subject,  and  recom- 
mended an  increase  of  the  compensation  of  the  agents. 
Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

JAMES  A.  SEDDON, 

Secretary  of  War. 


REPORT  OF  THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL. 

Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Office, 
Richmond,  Va.,  December  2,  1864. 

Hon.  Secretary  of  War  : 

In  answer  to  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
23d  of  November,  1864,  as  follows,  to. wit: 

*'  Resolved,  That  the  President  be  requested  to  inform  this  House 
how  many  persons  have  accepted  appointments  under  an  act  approved 
June  14,  1864,  providing  for  the  establishment  and  payment  of  claims 
for  a  certain  discription  of  property  taken  or  informally  impressed  for 
the  use  of  the  army,  the  names  of  such  persons  and  for  what  districts 
of  country  were  they  appointed  ;  " 

And  which  was  referred  by  you  to  me  for  a  report.  I  have  the 
honor  to  forward  the  enclosed  list  as  furnishing  the  information 
desired. 

Very  respectfully,  your  obedient  servant, 

S.  COOPER, 
Adjutant  and  Inspector  General. 


COMMISSIONERS  to  take  testimony  in  regard  to  claims  for  property 
informully  impressed  under  Act  approved  1 4th  June,  1864,  {General 
Orders,  No.  54.) 

ViRCINIA. 

Second  District — Hon.  John  R.  Chambliss. 
Fourth  District — E.  G.  Leigh. 
Fifth  Distiicr — Asa  Dickinson. 
Seventh  District — Paoilus  Powell. 
Ninth  District — W.  H.  Dulaney. 
Tenth  District— John  T.  Lovell. 
Twelfth  District — George  W.  Duval. 
Thirteenth  District — Jacob  V.  Fulkerson. 

Mississippi. 

First  District — H.  A.  Barr. 
Second  District — C.  Fontaine. 
Fourth  District — Ben.  King. 
Fifth  District — James  M.  Dyer. 
Sixth  District — Sjlvanus  Evans. 
Seventh  District — E.  L.  Bowen. 

Texas. 

Fourth  District — Thomas  J.  Ward. 
Fifth  District — James  M.  Crockett. 

Georgia. 

First  District — William  T.  Thompson. 
Third  District — Ambrose  Spencer. 
Fifth  District^ W.  J.  Walker. 
Seventh  District — Robert  J.  Morgan. 
Eighth  District — J.  W.  H.  Underwood. 

Alabama. 

Second  District — A.  S.  Nicholson. 

Fifth  District — T.  G.  Lowrj,  Captain  company  F,  third  Missouri 
regiment,  assigned.  , 

SeVenth  District — Smith  Graham. 
Eighth  District — George  W.  Coleman. 
Ninth  District— T.  W.  Price. 


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South  Carolina. 

Fifth  District — W.  E.  Holcombe. 
Sixth  District — William  R.  Robertson., 

North  Carolina. 

Fourth  District — Duncan  G.  McRae. 
Eighth  District — J.  E.  Kerr. 
Ninth  District— S.  C.  W.  Tate. 
Tenth  District— W.  B.  Gooding. 

Tennessee. 

First  District — Charles  R.  Vance. 


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